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Cosmo sent back to jail to await fraud trial

Nicholas Cosmo leaves federal court in Central Islip

Photo credit: James Carbone | Nicholas Cosmo leaves federal court in Central Islip on Wednesday. (Oct. 7, 2009)

A federal judge found Friday that accused Ponzi scheme operator Nicholas Cosmo can't be trusted and ended his house arrest after less than three months and returned him to jail to await trial.

"It seems to me that he is unlikely to abide by any conditions of release," said U.S. District Judge Denis Hurley. "Mr. Cosmo is the type of individual - he will bend the rules if he thinks it advances...

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